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were to go, and once gone, she hoped there could be nothing

more to plague her on his account.

She had not been many hours at home, before she found

that the Brighton scheme, of which Lydia had given them a

hint at the inn, was under frequent discussion between her

parents. Elizabeth saw directly that her father had not the

smallest intention of yielding; but his answers were at the

same time so vague and equivocal, that her mother, though

often disheartened, had never yet despaired of succeeding at

last.

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